Sales-tax-free weekend proposed for Ohio

Bill would help lure shoppers from Kentucky

2:51 AM,
Nov. 20, 2013

Written by

Chrissie Thompson

Ohio would offer back-to-school shopping free of state and local sales tax under a GOP state senator's proposal, intended in part to lure business from surrounding states such as Kentucky.

The bill, sponsored by Sen. Kevin Bacon, R-Minerva Park, would declare the first Friday, Saturday and Sunday in August free of sales tax on back-to-school items. Qualifying purchases would include school supplies that cost $20 or less per item, clothing that costs $100 or less and school-related electronics, such as computers, that cost $750 or less.